Bucket List: Ideas for writing it

Skydiving, going around the world or starting your own business... all these things we'd like to do "before we die" pile up in a corner of our heads. And then, as time goes by, we start to regret not having achieved our dreams or goals...

To make your plans a reality, many psychologists attest to the usefulness of writing a list to start a new dynamic within yourself. Writing this list, called a Bucket List, is exciting, and allows you to get to know yourself better. To help you write it, here are ideas that may awaken your own dreams. Get inspired, formulate your wishes and make the great decision to make them come true. You can use the article How to create a Bucket List to help you write it.

Go on a long bike ride
Long-distance cycling
Dog sledding in Lapland
Participate in the festival of colours in India
Cross a desert by camel
Roadtrip in Iceland
Horseback riding in the pampas of Argentina
Floating in the Dead Sea
Celebrate St Patrick's Day in Ireland
Take a gondola ride
Seeing rice fields
See the Northern Lights
See penguins in their natural habitat
Cycling in the Netherlands
Picking rice
Digging for gold in the Yukon
Sending a message to the sea from the North Pole
Treading on grapes during the harvest
Seeing a sunset in the desert
Dive into a cenote
Set foot on the equator
Sleeping in a hut over the water
Taste parmeggiano cheese in Italy
Explore Quebec
Discovering Tibet
Discover the steppes of Mongolia
Climb an active volcano
Try to spot the Loch Ness monster in Scotland
Climb Kilimanjaro
Touch the glaciers in New Zealand
Sailing on Lake Titicaca
Explore the Amazon jungle
See the midnight sun in Norway
Visit a redwood forest

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Star gazing with a guide
Build a hut
Sleep in a yurt
Take photography classes
Doing humanitarian missions
Canyoning
Learning a dance with my partner
Make fire with wood, flint
Building a raft
Harpoon fishing
Sleeping in an igloo
Learning to sew
Taking a mud bath
Keeping friends
Telling your loved ones you love them
Diving under the ice
Riding a steam train
Raising dogs
Experience eco-volunteering
Eat pizza in Italy
Tango dancing in Argentina
Party in Las Vegas
Visit Yellowstone Park
Experience the Thai Festival of Lights
Walk a little piece of the Great Wall of China
Attend the Rio carnival
Visit the Taj-Mahal
Throw tomatoes at the La Tomatina festival in Spain
Make a wish at the Trevi Fountain in Rome
Cross the USA from east to west
See the Kremlin
Visit Easter Island
Party in Cancun
Crossing Russia on the Trans-Siberian Railway
Cross Australia in a van
Travelling through South America on two wheels

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Writing a children's book
Writing a short story and entering it in a competition
Go paragliding
Go skydiving
Go surfing
Take a hot air balloon ride
Open a shop
Open a restaurant
Open a gîte
Hitchhiking
Start a family
Go scuba diving
Start my own business
Change someone's life
Learn to rescue
Get a boat licence
Get a motorbike licence
Attend a flying lantern release
Volunteer in an association
Plant a tree
Learn a language
See an aurora borealis
Give a lecture
Sleep under the stars on a beach
Set foot on each of the continents
Go skydiving
Bungee jumping
Have my own show
Learn a musical instrument
Keep a diary
Run a marathon
Climb Mont Blanc
Go on an expedition to the North Pole
Learn to draw
Buy a bus and refurbish it
Live like a shepherd
Make a film
See a geyser
Take a bath in a natural pool
Teaching abroad

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Autophobia: what is the fear of being alone?

A characteristic of our hyper-connected age, autophobia etymologically means "fear of oneself" in Greek, with its two roots auto (self) and phobia (fear). In practice, this phobia means a morbid fear of being alone. It is both a fear of the self and of loneliness, and is experienced by sufferers as a fear of dying, having a panic attack, or feeling suicidal.

What is autophobia?

Being alone from time to time is necessary and sometimes desired in our daily lives. Many people do not like to be alone, but for a small number of people, the discomfort of being alone is pathological and manifests itself in serious physical and mental disorders. Doing everything to avoid loneliness, they sometimes go so far as to surround themselves with people or activities they do not like to avoid facing themselves. Suffering from low self-esteem, these people are said to have a depressive attitude and a tendency to build a "dream" life to cope with the expectations of others.

This anxiety disorder affects both men and women and is rooted in a potential abandonment wound.

How do autophobes feel?

The person with this disorder has an intense and irrational fear of being alone, either now or in the near future. Their primary objective is to avoid being alone at all costs, which means surrounding themselves at all costs, all the time. If, at certain moments, the autophobic person does not succeed in doing this, he or she feels an immense uneasiness, with anguish, anxiety and unreasonable fear. Dysfunctional thoughts appear, such as the belief that danger is imminent, that no one will come to their aid if they need it, that they could die, by an external accident, but also by the fear of having suicidal desires.

At the physiological level, several symptoms may appear:

• Palpitations;
• Dizziness;
• Malaise;
• Tachycardia;
• Sweating, etc.

How autophobes act

At the behavioural level, these people tend to seek approval from others, and are afraid of being rejected and ignored. They have a morose, sometimes depressive attitude. Shunning loneliness as much as possible, they are often anxious and unnatural with others, since they are always dependent on their presence.

These people usually build a dream life for themselves, to conform to the expectations of society and those around them. Today's social networks therefore encourage the appearance of such imaginary and perfect life scenarios, by constructing a perfect "false self" that conforms to the expectations of those around them.

Daily life is greatly impacted, both socially, personally and emotionally, as well as professionally. Such a person is described as autophobic when these symptoms persist over time, at least for a few months.

Origins of autophobia

The roots of autophobia are often hidden in a major abandonment wound, most often in childhood:

• an oversight at the crèche, in the supermarket, in a public place ;
• or a lack of listening;
• a lack of consideration for the child's feelings, leading him or her to believe wrongly that he or she is uninteresting, unlovable or even bad.

Autophobic people often perceive their environment as insecure and lacking in understanding and empathy. Finding oneself with oneself is then a source of suffering, since one finds oneself considered as unappreciated, unloved and unvalued.

Our era also favours the appearance of such anxiety disorders, by allowing people with "perfect" profiles to appear on social networks, physically or socially, and where the competition and the race for "likes" is tough and directly measures social or personal success. Having a smartphone with you at all times, allowing you to be in constant contact with other people, suggests that few people today can really bear to be alone and connected to themselves.

What treatments are available?

Fortunately, there are treatments available to help people with autophobia. There are personal development programmes, which allow one to work on self-esteem, self-affirmation or even narcissistic construction, which are extremely undermined in this pathology.

Of course, one can also call upon psychoanalysis, in individual therapy, which will complete the introspective research on the roots of this malaise, by exploring the causes in childhood, in the link to the parents, the first "others" perceived by the child.

It is also necessary, with the help of a therapist or a coach, or through activities such as meditation or yoga, to relearn how to listen to oneself, to connect with oneself, to look at oneself in a mirror and to learn to know oneself.

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Poems Of Bessie Rayner Parkes - Poemas en inglés

Recursos Educativos en Inglés - Poems in English

Poesías en inglés

New-year's Eve and New-year's Day - Bessie Rayner Parkes

Good bye, Old Year!
And with thee take
Thanks for the gifts to every land
Thou broughtest in thy bounteous hand,
And all that thou hast taught to hearts thy lingering steps forsake.
Good bye, Old Year!
The Past awaiteth thee.
Who ruleth in her power alone
The kingdom of Oblivion.
Silent she sits in ebon chair;
Falling mists of dusky hair
Veil her dark eyes' glorious shine,
Full of wise help, and truth divine.
Silent, unless a fitful sound,
As from some cavern underground,
Steal from her lips; the company
Of ancient Years that round her be,
Then chanting, one by one, give tongue
To old experience in their song.

Good bye, Old Year!
Thou goest forth alone,
As we shall do: thy pages gay,
Seasons and months who round thee lay,
Attend thee to Earth's farthest verge, then back! to greet thy son.

Hail, New-born Year!
Cradled in morning clouds
Golden and white. I cannot see
Thy face--'tis wrapp'd in mystery;
But Spring for thee is painting flowers,
And Summer decks her woven bowers;
Rich Autumn's sheaves will soon be reap'd,
With store of fruits in sunbeams steep'd,
And one by one with gentle hand folds back thy sunlit shrouds.

Hail, New-born Year!
Shining and beautiful,
Thou wilt step forth in plenitude
Of youth and its rejoicing mood.
Last child of the half-century,
And time of coming victory
Over the spirits of night and sin,
Whose howlings of defeat begin:
Thou bringest hope, and labour bless'd
In visions of successful rest,
Bringest great thoughts, and actions wrought
In fire upon that forge of thought,
And with the soul of earnestness I think thy youths are full.

Hail, New-born Year!
My utterance is too weak
To tell of all I think thou bringest,
To echo back the song thou singest;
But the very winds of Heaven for those who listen to them, speak!

Music - Bessie Rayner Parkes

Sweet melody amidst the moving spheres
Breaks forth, a solemn and entrancing sound,
A harmony whereof the earth's green hills
Give but the faintest echo; yet is there
A music everywhere, and concert sweet!
All birds which sing amidst the forest deep
Till the flowers listen with unfolded bells;
All winds that murmur over summer grass,
Or curl the waves upon the pebbly shore;
Chiefly all earnest human voices rais'd
In charity and for the cause of truth,
Mingle together in one sacred chord,
And float, a grateful incense, up to God.

Peace - Bessie Rayner Parkes

THE steadfast coursing of the stars,
The waves that ripple to the shore,
The vigorous trees which year by year
Spread upwards more and more;

The jewel forming in the mine,
The snow that falls so soft and light,
The rising and the setting sun,
The growing glooms of night;

All natural things both live and move
In natural peace that is their own;
Only in our disordered life
Almost is she unknown.

She is not rest, nor sleep, nor death;
Order and motion ever stand
To carry out her firm behests
As guards at her right hand.

And something of her living force
Fashions the lips when Christians say
To Him Whose strength sustains the world,
"Give us Thy Peace, we pray!"

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Poems Of Carl Sandburg - Poemas en inglés

Recursos Educativos en Inglés - Poems in English - Poesías en inglés

Fog - Carl Sandburg

The fog comes
on little cat feet.

It sits looking
over harbor and city
on silent haunches
and then moves on.

Theme In Yellow - Carl Sandburg

I spot the hills
With yellow balls in autumn.
I light the prairie cornfields
Orange and tawny gold clusters
And I am called pumpkins.
On the last of October
When dusk is fallen
Children join hands
And circle round me
Singing ghost songs
And love to the harvest moon;
I am a jack-o’-lantern
With terrible teeth
And the children know
I am fooling.

A Dream Girl - Carl Sandburg

You will come one day in a waver of love,
Tender as dew, impetuous as rain,
The tan of the sun will be on your skin,
The purr of the breeze in your murmuring speech,
You will pose with a hill-flower grace.

You will come, with your slim, expressive arms,
A poise of the head no sculptor has caught
And nuances spoken with shoulder and neck,
Your face in pass-and-repass of moods
As many as skies in delicate change
Of cloud and blue and flimmering sun.

Yet,
You may not come, O girl of a dream,
We may but pass as the world goes by
And take from a look of eyes into eyes,
A film of hope and a memoried day.

A Father To His Son - Carl Sandburg

A father sees his son nearing manhood.
What shall he tell that son?
"Life is hard; be steel; be a rock."
And this might stand him for the storms
and serve him for humdrum monotony
and guide him among sudden betrayals
and tighten him for slack moments.
"Life is a soft loam; be gentle; go easy."
And this too might serve him.
Brutes have been gentled where lashes failed.
The growth of a frail flower in a path up
has sometimes shattered and split a rock.
A tough will counts. So does desire.
So does a rich soft wanting.
Without rich wanting nothing arrives.
Tell him too much money has killed men
and left them dead years before burial:
the quest of lucre beyond a few easy needs
has twisted good enough men
sometimes into dry thwarted worms.
Tell him time as a stuff can be wasted.
Tell him to be a fool every so often
and to have no shame over having been a fool
yet learning something out of every folly
hoping to repeat none of the cheap follies
thus arriving at intimate understanding
of a world numbering many fools.
Tell him to be alone often and get at himself
and above all tell himself no lies about himself
whatever the white lies and protective fronts
he may use against other people.
Tell him solitude is creative if he is strong
and the final decisions are made in silent rooms.
Tell him to be different from other people
if it comes natural and easy being different.
Let him have lazy days seeking his deeper motives.
Let him seek deep for where he is born natural.
Then he may understand Shakespeare
and the Wright brothers, Pasteur, Pavlov,
Michael Faraday and free imaginations
Bringing changes into a world resenting change.
He will be lonely enough
to have time for the work
he knows as his own.

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Districts of London. Information about London.

London has 33 boroughs, which are further divided into interesting neighbourhoods and avenues, most of them in central London. Discover the best of them.

City of London

The City is the largest financial district in the UK and one of the most important in the world. Although it only has a population of around 7,000 inhabitants, on weekdays it is home to more than 300,000 people.

In this area you can't miss St. Paul's Cathedral, Tower Bridge and the Tower of London or the modern City Hall building.

Myfair

This area is bounded by Piccadilly Circus, Hyde Park, Oxford Street and Regent Street. It is a rather posh area full of luxury hotels and flats, swanky shops, Georgian-style houses, offices and embassies. It is frequented by London's wealthiest population.

Westminster and Whitehall

These are London's most touristy areas and are steeped in history. Since the time of Edward the Confessor, Westminster has been the seat of British government. Dominated by Parliament and Westminster Abbey, the area stretches along the River Thames to the east of St. James's Park. At the northern end is the famous Trafalgar Square, one of the city's most important attractions and home to the majestic National Gallery.

Whitehall is the main street linking Trafalgar Square to Parliament Square. It is home to Downing Street, the residence of the Prime Minister of Great Britain.

Westminster also encompasses Victoria, an area named after the busy and bustling Victoria Station.

Covent Garden and The Strand

Covent Garden is one of London's most popular areas, boasting an impressive shopping area that delights London shoppers and tourists alike. Enjoy a rich array of restaurants, pubs and outdoor cafes, as well as some of London's most fashionable shops. Street performers and street markets are another of its most striking attractions along with Covent Garden Square.

The Strans forms the southern border of Covent Garden. It is lined with theatres, shops, 5-star hotels, restaurants and pubs.

Soho and Chinatown

Soho is London's most multi-racial neighbourhood and home to the city's most vibrant nightlife. Its streets are lined with restaurants, trendy bars, luxury boutiques and sex shops. These shops are even more prevalent on Old Compton Street, the city's main thoroughfare. The area is also home to London's popular Chinatown.

South Bank

Although not officially a borough, it comprises an area stretching along the south bank of the Thames around Waterloo Station. Once an area of factories and warehouses, it was transformed into a space for the promotion of the arts with the construction of the South Bank. It was also the site of the beautiful County Hall which now houses businesses, the London Aquarium, the Dali Universe gallery and the Namco Station playground. Right next to it stands the great London Eye Ferris wheel.

St James's

Saint James's begins at Piccadilly Circus and extends southwest towards Pall Mall. This district is home to Queen Elizabeth II's famous residence, Buckingham Palace. It has numerous gentlemen's clubs where you can play poker, drink spirits and smoke.

Bloomsbury

Bloomsbury is one of London's most cultural areas, home to the British Museum and London University.

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Information about London. Demographics of London

The City of London, founded by the Romans as Londinium in 43 AD, is situated on the banks of the River Thames in the south-west of the island of Great Britain. London is the political and economic capital of both England and the United Kingdom and is one of the most important capital cities in the world.

London comprises a total of 33 boroughs, including the City of London (also known as the Square Mile or City) which is Europe's main banking and business centre, measuring just 2.59 km².

The city has a total area of 1,579 square kilometres, inhabited by more than 7 million people, making it one of the most populous capitals in Europe, along with Madrid, Paris and Moscow.

London is one of the busiest and most visited cities in the world, with over 30 million tourists a year. Thousands of tourists arrive in London every day, attracted by the great cultural, touristic, architectural and economic burden that the city has been carrying for many decades. The combination of old and new is a characteristic that describes London perfectly.

More than 300 languages are spoken in London, due to the large population of people from all over the world who have made London their home. This characteristic makes this city even more interesting and gives us the opportunity to get to know cultural traits of other peoples of the world.

The main tourist attractions are the Tower of London, the London Eye, Trafalgar Square, Westminster Abbey, Parliament Square, Tower Bridge, Hyde Park, Regent's Park, The Mall, Buckingham Palace, St Paul's Cathedral, Piccadilly Circus, Windsor Castle, as well as a multitude of museums, art galleries and theatres.

Additional information on London

Area: 1579 km².
Density: 4,700 inhabitants/km².
Total population: Over 7,000,000 inhabitants.
Time zone: GMT
Coordinates: 51°30' N 0°8' E
Altitude: 20 metres.

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The job interview - How to Prepare For an Interview

Job interviews

This is the most important stage in the selection process, so it is essential to get it right, as you rarely get a second chance to make a good impression. Here are some guidelines to help you prepare for this important first contact.

Firstly, try to find out as much as possible about the company you are applying to; it is a good idea to check their website and find out something about the products and services they offer, where they operate from and how many people work there.

You also need to make a good impression, so pay particular attention to the way you dress and your general physical appearance. For office work it is recommended to dress formally (a suit), men should wear a tie and women should wear only a modest amount of perfume, make-up and jewellery.

Plan your travel to the interview venue in advance to ensure that you arrive in good time, about 15-20 minutes early, and allow for possible delays en route. Punctuality, presentation and motivation are very important factors.

During the interview your level of English should be sufficient to express yourself clearly. It is advisable to bring an identity document with you. You should try to be relaxed and answer questions confidently and with as much integrity as possible.

It is fine to smile, but the contact should remain professional. Each question should be answered as fully and clearly as possible. If a question is not well understood, it may be asked to be repeated or clarified. Good communication skills are very important.

Interviews in most companies usually last about 30-40 minutes and there may be one interviewer or a panel of two or three. In this case, the panel will usually be chaired by the head of the department to which the vacant post belongs or a representative of the human resources department. Psycho-technical tests (20-30 minutes) are sometimes accompanied. The style of the interview may vary. Some interviewers open the interview with questions such as "tell me about yourself", which will allow you to speak for a significant part of the time. Make sure the panel members get a sense of your suitability for the job and the value you can bring to the company.

Don't monopolise the interview, don't give negative information if you are not asked and above all don't criticise your last employer. It is useful to show that you have bothered to do some research on the company. The key is to turn negative information into positive.

Unless asked by the panel, do not explain what motivated you to apply. There is very little discussion of non-professional issues. However, you can give examples of voluntary work you have done. You do not have to give details of your interests outside work, unless you use them as examples of your ability to do a task in response to one of the questions.

Typical questions include asking the candidate to give examples of when they have been in a situation with a particular problem and how they have solved it.

The main rules for applicants are that they should be professional, polite, stick to the facts, present themselves correctly, be motivated and be on time.

To recap, these are the ideas you need to be clear about:

1. Qualifications and professional experience are very important, but what is vital is what the British call "aptitude". The positive disposition of the worker.
2. Learn as much as you can about the company before the interview.
   Practice answers. Think about what the interviewers might be interested in about your professional or personal experience and prepare your answers.
3. Dress appropriately. Physical presence can be a determining factor in a decision that will be made in a short period of time.
4. Watch your body language. Do not cross your arms or legs, it indicates insecurity or defensiveness. Always look the person asking the question in the eye. During the answer, move your gaze between the different members of the panel.
5. You should not give the impression of being shy or too forward. Being in the middle ground is the best way to get it right.
6. Let the employer know at all times that you are not afraid of pressure situations.
7. Don't try to convince them that you know how to do everything, it is better if you can convince them that you have the ability and willingness to learn.

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